Both of Tenby’s lifeboats were launched at 8.45 pm last night, following a report of a sick person on Caldey Island.

The lifeboats quickly made the short journey over to the island with a Welsh Ambulance Service First Responder aboard and also members of Tenby’s Coastguard rescue Team to set up a helicopter landing site for Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 187.

Once at Caldey, due to the high tide, the inshore lifeboat dropped several lifeboat crew members, the First Responder and also the Coastguard Team ashore, where they were taken up to the casualty. While the First Responder and Lifeboat crew assessed the casualty, the Coastguards went up to the lighthouse to prepare the helicopter landing site.

The helicopter was soon overhead and the casualty was handed over to the Paramedic, before being flown to Hospital for further treatment.

The lifeboats then returned to Tenby with everyone aboard, arriving at 10.10 pm.